FAVOUR ORI.
Product Engineer
Nasdaq, NYC USA
December 2022
Graduated from the Nasdaq Milestone Makers program (Fall '22) and was featured on the Nasdaq Tower in NYC
Nigerian Computer Society (NCS)
August 2020
NCS is the umbrella body of all IT professionals, interest groups and stakeholders in Nigeria. With about 15,000 members, spread across all the states of the federation
1Million Cups, Tulsa OK
March 2019
Delivered a presentation at 1MillionCups, Tulsa, Oklahoma (2018 & 2019) on our reach with Favcode54 & how we are improving / empowering lives in Africa using technology
United Nations Youth Assembly, New York
August 2018
In August 2018, I was Invited to speak as an outstanding Youth Delegate at the United Nations’ Youth Assembly on the impact of Favcode54 in Africa.
YCBS Atlanta, GA
July 2018
Spoke at the Young CEOs Business Forum in Atlanta, GA (2018) discussing Big Data & how it is shaping the world.
NCHC Atlanta, GA
Sept 2017
Presented a web hacking research paper at the NCHC ’17 conference in Atlanta, GA – discussed common Web & Software vulnerabilities & how to stay secured on the internet
Southern Arkansas University Magnolia, Arkansas
August 2017
Gave 100+ High school students a sneak peak into programming @SAU – we went from prototyping to developing simple web pages.
The leap of Faith
August 2016
At age 19, I moved to the United States alone to study at Southern Arkansas University where I barely knew anyone
Traveling
Local & Global
I have been to 1/2 of the US (25 states). I have also been to 9 countries with a total of 50+ cities
The College Situation
February 2020
My First startup, the college situation (collegesituation.com) got acquired for $70,000 (Dubai, UAE)
IBM & FavCode54
January 2018 - January 2020
IBM was impressed by my Non-profit (Favcode54), that they invested $90M (in products - IBM cloud + Watson). Thanks to Antonio Cangiano (Engineering Manager, IBM Canada) & Leon Katsnelson (Director & CTO), IBM
WeJapa
April 2020
During the global pandemic, I built a new startup that helped African tech talent land foreign jobs abroad (US, Canada, Germany, etc). We raised a total of $55k in pre-seed. Led by Microtraction
Rwanda
August 2019
Think of a mini America (24/7 power + internet), and no traffic, I have come to fall in love with this country and always try to visit at least 7x a year
This project enables a newly diagnosed patient (with a rare disease) to connect with other patients with the same disease
Used stack:
Github RepoAn interactive platform that connects students all over the world with: Schools, Jobs, Scholarships, Roommates, Fellow Students & Everything College
Used stack:
collegesituation.comA mobile platform to buy & sell new or used items in Rwanda
Used stack:
Github RepoGet in touch_